[cayugabirds-l] how many Dickcissels are at Seneca Meadows?
Hello everyone, I spent some quality time with the DICKISSELs at Seneca Meadows yesterday, mostly watching the nest-building pair near the large oak tree, and only occasionally hearing the second male that Jay McGowan wrote about yesterday. I finally saw a second male to the southwest of the large oak tree, and had some distant looks through my spotting scope. Both of the males that I had seen had full black “V” on its chest, just like the male that I believe most people have been regularly seeing. It only occurred to me late last night that Lee Ann’s post from Sunday (below) described a male with only a small black patch on its throat and not a full “V”. The location of Lee Ann’s second singer also is rather different than where I saw the second male that I located, I think being further east by well over 100m. Does this suggest that there might be at least 3 male Dickcissels at Seneca Meadows? Wesley Hochachka From: bounce-62176967-3494...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-62176967-3494...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Lee Ann van Leer Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2012 4:05 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Dickcissels still visible @ Seneca meadows GPS PIN Dicks 1876–1976 Black Brook Rdhttp://maps.google.com/maps?f=qq=42.936303,-76.819774%20%28Dicks%201876%E2%80%931976%20Black%20Brook%20Rd%29 Between 2-3pm we heard them singing along Oak Pass trail between the Main Loop and the large oak tree. One sang for a long time on and off but we could not get a visual on it there. We backtracked and took right on Main loop towards two other large trees. Half way between the intersection of Main LoopOak Pass and the 2 trees we heard two DICKCISSELS and finally got a visual of one singing on top of a light colored post with orange vertical stripes on post. Bird had yellow breast, only a little black patch on lower throat (not full V) Gray on tail uppertail coverts, rufous patches on wings. Very good looks with scope. Photos to follow later. GPS PIN is where we saw it. Oak Tree would be better spot to hear it. -Lee Ann w/ Kevin McGowan [cid:image001.png@01CD5A91.1CDB3C20] Sent from my iPhone Sent from my iPhone -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Archives: The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Nethttp://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://ebird.org/content/ebird/! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- inline: image001.png
RE:[cayugabirds-l] how many Dickcissels are at Seneca Meadows?
I have a poor photo of our only Dickcissel sighting from Sunday at https://picasaweb.google.com/KevinJ.McGowan/Summer2012Birds#5760644233315645458. Perhaps I was expecting more black, but this seemed like a small amount to me. It never did face us straight on to see if it was a V or just a spot. But, it’s quite a lot in comparison to the young male Dickcissel that was singing at the Game Farm in June 2004 (see https://plus.google.com/photos/37855303614931880/albums/5571771921924874977/5571792105586132594). Kevin From: bounce-62321469-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-62321469-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Wesley M Hochachka Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2012 9:33 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] how many Dickcissels are at Seneca Meadows? Hello everyone, I spent some quality time with the DICKISSELs at Seneca Meadows yesterday, mostly watching the nest-building pair near the large oak tree, and only occasionally hearing the second male that Jay McGowan wrote about yesterday. I finally saw a second male to the southwest of the large oak tree, and had some distant looks through my spotting scope. Both of the males that I had seen had full black “V” on its chest, just like the male that I believe most people have been regularly seeing. It only occurred to me late last night that Lee Ann’s post from Sunday (below) described a male with only a small black patch on its throat and not a full “V”. The location of Lee Ann’s second singer also is rather different than where I saw the second male that I located, I think being further east by well over 100m. Does this suggest that there might be at least 3 male Dickcissels at Seneca Meadows? Wesley Hochachka From: bounce-62176967-3494...@list.cornell.edumailto:bounce-62176967-3494...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-62176967-3494...@list.cornell.edu]mailto:[mailto:bounce-62176967-3494...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Lee Ann van Leer Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2012 4:05 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Dickcissels still visible @ Seneca meadows GPS PIN Dicks 1876–1976 Black Brook Rdhttp://maps.google.com/maps?f=qq=42.936303,-76.819774%20%28Dicks%201876%E2%80%931976%20Black%20Brook%20Rd%29 Between 2-3pm we heard them singing along Oak Pass trail between the Main Loop and the large oak tree. One sang for a long time on and off but we could not get a visual on it there. We backtracked and took right on Main loop towards two other large trees. Half way between the intersection of Main LoopOak Pass and the 2 trees we heard two DICKCISSELS and finally got a visual of one singing on top of a light colored post with orange vertical stripes on post. Bird had yellow breast, only a little black patch on lower throat (not full V) Gray on tail uppertail coverts, rufous patches on wings. Very good looks with scope. Photos to follow later. GPS PIN is where we saw it. Oak Tree would be better spot to hear it. -Lee Ann w/ Kevin McGowan [cid:image001.png@01CD5A92.A7892340] Sent from my iPhone Sent from my iPhone -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Archives: The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Nethttp://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://ebird.org/content/ebird/! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Archives: The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Nethttp://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://ebird.org/content/ebird/! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- inline: image001.png
RE:[cayugabirds-l] how many Dickcissels are at Seneca Meadows? (seems like only 3)
That photo from last Sunday looks like it’s of a bird with the same amount of black on its front as the two males that I saw yesterday. Oh well, so much for hopeful speculation about a third male in different plumage… Oh, and I should add that the thought of additional Dickcissels hiding elsewhere on the Seneca Meadows preserve prompted me to walk the entire south side of the Main Loop trail (everything south from the Oak Pass Trail). I saw lots of TREE SWALLOWs. I also convinced myself that there no other Dickcissels elsewhere than around the large oak tree, given how easy it was to locate the known birds. I did a series of eBird point counts around the preserve to document that impression for posterity. Wesley Hochachka From: Kevin J. McGowan Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2012 9:45 AM To: Wesley M Hochachka; CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: RE: how many Dickcissels are at Seneca Meadows? I have a poor photo of our only Dickcissel sighting from Sunday at https://picasaweb.google.com/KevinJ.McGowan/Summer2012Birds#5760644233315645458. Perhaps I was expecting more black, but this seemed like a small amount to me. It never did face us straight on to see if it was a V or just a spot. But, it’s quite a lot in comparison to the young male Dickcissel that was singing at the Game Farm in June 2004 (see https://plus.google.com/photos/37855303614931880/albums/5571771921924874977/5571792105586132594). Kevin From: bounce-62321469-3493...@list.cornell.edumailto:bounce-62321469-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-62321469-3493...@list.cornell.edu]mailto:[mailto:bounce-62321469-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Wesley M Hochachka Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2012 9:33 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] how many Dickcissels are at Seneca Meadows? Hello everyone, I spent some quality time with the DICKISSELs at Seneca Meadows yesterday, mostly watching the nest-building pair near the large oak tree, and only occasionally hearing the second male that Jay McGowan wrote about yesterday. I finally saw a second male to the southwest of the large oak tree, and had some distant looks through my spotting scope. Both of the males that I had seen had full black “V” on its chest, just like the male that I believe most people have been regularly seeing. It only occurred to me late last night that Lee Ann’s post from Sunday (below) described a male with only a small black patch on its throat and not a full “V”. The location of Lee Ann’s second singer also is rather different than where I saw the second male that I located, I think being further east by well over 100m. Does this suggest that there might be at least 3 male Dickcissels at Seneca Meadows? Wesley Hochachka From: bounce-62176967-3494...@list.cornell.edumailto:bounce-62176967-3494...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-62176967-3494...@list.cornell.edu]mailto:[mailto:bounce-62176967-3494...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Lee Ann van Leer Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2012 4:05 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Dickcissels still visible @ Seneca meadows GPS PIN Dicks 1876–1976 Black Brook Rdhttp://maps.google.com/maps?f=qq=42.936303,-76.819774%20%28Dicks%201876%E2%80%931976%20Black%20Brook%20Rd%29 Between 2-3pm we heard them singing along Oak Pass trail between the Main Loop and the large oak tree. One sang for a long time on and off but we could not get a visual on it there. We backtracked and took right on Main loop towards two other large trees. Half way between the intersection of Main LoopOak Pass and the 2 trees we heard two DICKCISSELS and finally got a visual of one singing on top of a light colored post with orange vertical stripes on post. Bird had yellow breast, only a little black patch on lower throat (not full V) Gray on tail uppertail coverts, rufous patches on wings. Very good looks with scope. Photos to follow later. GPS PIN is where we saw it. Oak Tree would be better spot to hear it. -Lee Ann w/ Kevin McGowan [cid:image001.png@01CD5A9A.27BE78B0] Sent from my iPhone Sent from my iPhone -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Archives: The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Nethttp://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://ebird.org/content/ebird/! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Archives: The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail
